Indeed, a good essay is a good essay.
But it also shows that the current Chen Yuan does not yet possess the strength of a Gaokao Top Scholar.
"Is it innovation?" Xia Xinyu asked very nervously.
"Yeah," Chen Yuan said.
"Then that's fine, as long as it's not off-topic," Xia Xinyu breathed a sigh of relief.
"But I have a feeling that many people will go off-topic," Chen Yuan said. "For example, they might stray into choice, into 'a thousand people have a thousand different Harry Potters.'"
"...It's 'Hamlet,' right?"
"Cough cough," Chen Yuan changed the subject, "But if they really go off-topic, then that essay is just going to score 36 points."
"For many people, that would be a devastating blow..."
"36 points is still under the premise that it's well written. If someone usually isn't very good, they might get a 32 and directly ruin their dream of university."
